Union voters select Solomon as their next mayor

UNION – A new mayor and a change to two of the four city commissioners will change the composition of the city's government.

For mayor, Larry King Solomon bested James D. Schroeder in a campaign between the two first-time candidates.

Solomon received 866 votes, and Schroeder came up short with 813 votes, according to unofficial results.

Mayor Don Kirby, first elected in 2002, did not seek election to a fourth four-year term. Solomon, 66, and Schroeder, 61, each focused their campaigns on what made them the best candidate to manage the city's expected growth.

Voters elected two of the three incumbents back to commission and two of the other four candidates to seats.

Most of the commissioner candidates also focused their campaigns on handling expected growth.

Incumbents Donna Bay Fryman, Ken Heil, Bryan H. Miller sought another term. John J. Mefford, a commissioner from 2006-2012, was seeking a new two-year term. Noreen Morgan, Linda Surber Novakov and Jeremy M. Ramage were all seeking a first term.